:think: The team that scores the most points...maybe.
At home with everything riding? I'm leaning to this one going seven. Jack said so and I believe him.
He has GS wrapping it up at home.
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At home with everything riding? I'm leaning to this one going seven. Jack said so and I believe him.
He has GS wrapping it up at home.
I would not have thought this after games 1, 2, 3, and 4. I'm sure our resident stat man will chime in, so what I read some time ago (2 decades?) is that the team that wins game 5 in a series wins 75% of the time. That is really high. They only need 1 of 3 and were good enough to win 3 of the first 5. To say I was surprised is correct. Leave it to Cleveland (naturally) to throw in that monkey wrench.
I was looking for some data about it and found a few things.
The Berean
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Man game 6 just sucked! This is the 33rd time a team took a 3-1 series lead. And for only the third time there will be a game 7. :madmad:
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Take heart, Berean. Jack, my little genius, called this...and he said Golden State in seven. He was right about the seven. We'll see about the rest. Are they hungry or fragile? That's the story of game seven. They'd better not disappoint my son, even if I wouldn't mind it.
Don't know if you saw ESPN's 30 on 30 "Believeland", but it's about the sports curse in Cleveland since 1964.
Of all the agony Cleveland sports fans have been through during those 52 years, the loss to the Florida Marlins in Game 7 of the World Series, after leading 2-1 going into the bottom of the 9th, was what they said was the hardest. Not "the drive", "the fumble", "the shot", "the move", "the decision", or "Red Right 88".
Sunday could change that, if the Cav's are leading late in the 4th quarter, but blow it, or lose at the buzzer.
Because it's Cleveland, I predict Game 7 will be another chapter of misery for Cleveland sports fans, and possibly even a knew catch phrase.
Relax.......you're playing against Cleveland.
In the history of NBA playoffs and Finals, only 10 teams have come back from a 1-3 deficit, including this years Warriors against OKC. Last years Rockets did it against the Clippers. Prior to that was 2006.
However, it has never happened in the Finals, only in the playoffs.
From 1905 to 2015, for all NBA, NHL, and MLB 7 game series, the home team's record in a Game 7 is: 370-68
In the NBA, home teams are 15-3 all time for Game 7's of the Finals. The last team to win a Game 7 on the road in the NBA Finals was the 1978 Washington Bullets.
In the NBA, home teams are 15-3 all time for Game 7's of the Finals. The last team to win a Game 7 on the road in the NBA Finals was the 1978 Washington Bullets.
Teams that have won Game 7 Championships on the road:
NBA:
1978 Bullets
1974 Celtics
1969 Celtics
MLB:
2014 Giants
1979 Pirates
1975 Reds
1972 A's
1971 Pirates
1968 Tigers
1967 Cardinals
1965 Dodgers
1955 Dodgers
NHL:
2009 Penguins
1971 Canadians
NBA:
1978 Bullets
1974 Celtics
1969 Celtics
MLB:
2014 Giants
1979 Pirates
1975 Reds
1972 A's
1971 Pirates
1968 Tigers
1967 Cardinals
1965 Dodgers
1955 Dodgers
NHL:
2009 Penguins
1971 Canadians
Teams that have won Championships after being down 1-3
NBA:
None
MLB:
1979 Pirates
1968 Tigers
1958 Yankees
1925 Pirates
NHL
1942 Toronto (they were down 0-3)
NBA:
None
MLB:
1979 Pirates
1968 Tigers
1958 Yankees
1925 Pirates
NHL
1942 Toronto (they were down 0-3)
Did the Warriors finally lose two in a row this season?
SaulToPaul 2
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I really hope James is denied the title.
Being a KJVO, you'd think I would be a bigger fan of his.
Being a KJVO, you'd think I would be a bigger fan of his.
The Berean
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God bless little Jack's heart. :thumb: For my sanity I hope litle Jack is right!
Curry's wife is complaining, like he did at the end, that the game is fixed. The players are not throwing it, but bad calls effect the games. She is right. It isn't as bad as when Jordan played, but it is the worst it has been in a long time.
I believe the NFL is straight, and NCAA football is not.
I believe the NFL is straight, and NCAA football is not.
The Cavs will totally dominate game 7 and win by 15
So you don't know Cleveland sports history. I think GS is a better basketball team. They have more players with basketball skills. Pushing somebody out of the way and dunking is not a skill (Shaq). I don't dislike Cleveland, but I do admire what Curry and GS have done for the league. I enjoy watching them.
That's because you're from a white hick town in North Carolina (Mayberry) that hates black people.
If James was white, you would love him more than you loved Larry Bird.
:chuckle:
Sunday night will be yet another chapter in Cleveland sports history.
I predict an epic loss by the Cav's.
However, if Cleveland wins....GO THERE !!!!
Go there for a week !!!!
It will be bigger than Octoberfest, Carnival, and Mardi Gras combined.
Go there for a week !!!!
It will be bigger than Octoberfest, Carnival, and Mardi Gras combined.